The limitations of science and language in mindbody healing
Part 1: Navigating these limitations starts with understanding them
The Healing Pathways
Helping you find your own healing pathway, with the science and personal stories behind mindbody techniques to recover from a variety of chronic health conditions and chronic pain, with a special focus on recovery from long Covid.
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There's no such thing as "negative" emotions
Some emotional things became clear last week as I mourned the loss of my dog
Six Things I Did NOT Do to Heal
Some common advice that I did not follow, and I still ended up getting better
"Should," Part 2: How "should" makes us sick
How "should" can trigger a freeze response and mess with our nervous system, and how to deal with it
Are you gaslighting yourself?
The problem with “should,” Part 1: My recent experience recognizing the harm I was doing to myself
Feeling vs ruminating
Feeling awful is okay, but try not to think about it
Some thoughts on exercise and long covid
My experience: Why emotions made exercise hard and how running (eventually) helped
Feeling shame to heal
My potentially sketchy process for feeling shame
Emotional Processing in 90 Seconds
A technique to help with holiday stress
Two causes of emotional fatigue
Why we get tired when it doesn't seem like we've done anything
Permission to heal
Tips for giving your body the emotional and physical permission it needs to heal
AI and healing
Practice caution when using AI for anything related to healing
Say hello to your shame demons
Acknowledging shame can be one of the most healing things you do
Psychological or emotional?
Why I believe words matter when it comes to healing many chronic conditions
Emotional processing may mean challenging your rational voice
A personal experience
A healing practice vs "doing the work"
I had a realization recently that I wanted to share here:
The power of belief in the healing process
Why believing you can recover is important and how to foster it
Get Curious!
Learn about two types of curiosity, and how one can help your healing process
A belated New Years resolution: Do things wrong
Worrying about getting it right just adds to stress and may keep you sick
Give your nervous system the gift of honoring your needs
Holidays are notoriously stressful. These are the big things I did to get through them while I was sick.